Originally Posted by
Bearhawk LSA
Hello All,
I am sure this has been asked many times, but I know quality of machines change as do vendor reliability so figured I'd ask anyhow.
I am looking for a smallish to mid size laser in the 50 to 60 watt range. My main use is to etch a logo in Aluminum parts I make that are quite small; around 1.5" square give or take. However I know I will also use it to raster cut images in leather and wood. Also to cut cork and thin rubber. My wife is a school teacher and I am sure I will have a need to cut paper and posterboard as well. Im looking at either a 3050 or 5070 size in machine travel. I have used a MornTech 960 at a previous job and it worked great and I never had a problem, but its much too large for my needs. My budget is no more than 2K delivered to Los Angeles.
I wont run the laser hard or continuous so I dont need the absolute best but would prefer a design with recirculating profiled linear rails. Motor Z would be nice as well. Probably run it a bit once a week.
Any suggestions of which on Ebay or other approved vendors to consider. Is a thunder laser in my price range?
Best regards,
Marc